Northwest Indiana - 2.20 / 2.21

Give us a run down of what you saw, post pictures if you'd like...any info is welcome.
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Northwest Indiana - 2.20 / 2.21

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Sunday 2/20

Amtrak 352 crosses the diamond with the Chicago South Shore.

ImageAmtrak 352 - 10th St Diamond, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageAmtrak 352 - 10th St Diamond, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

South Shore street running, passenger and freight.******Going Away Very Soon******

ImageSouth Shore Street Running, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageSouth Shore Street Running, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageSouth Shore Street Running Freight, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageSouth Shore Street Running Freight, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageSouth Shore Street Running Freight, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageCSS 2007, Amtrak Diamond, Michigan City by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The lite engines went west to Burns Harbor to pickup more engines, then continued west.

ImageCSS 2007, Burns Harbor, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageCSS 2002, Ogden Dunes, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageCSS Power Move - Ogden Dunes, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Westbound Intermodals on the Chicago Line at Ogden Dunes.

ImageNS Intermodal, Ogden Dunes, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageChicago Line Intermodal with BNSF at Ogden Dunes by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Monday 2/21

The Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Eastern waits for a crew change on the east side of Gary.

ImageChicago, Fort Wayne, Eastern - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

UP / CSX Power Move at Clark Rd in Gary.

ImageUP 8930, Clark Rd - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageCSX 8367, Clark Rd - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

South Shore Freight going to the bridge over the CSX / NS to loop around to the CN at Kirk Yard.

ImageCSS 2002 & 2003 - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CN Freight working Kirk Yard with 2 IC Standard Cabs.

ImageIC & CN, Kirk Yard - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageIC & CN, Kirk Yard - Gary, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

NS Unit Tanks on Chicago Line with CN Engines

ImageCN on NS Chicago Line by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageCN on NS Chicago Line by tcamp7837, on Flickr

East Chicago, IN

ImageCN at CP 502, Chicago Line by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Indiana Harbor Belt & NS working Gibson Yard in Hammond.

ImageIndiana Harbor Belt - Hammond, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageNS & IHB - Hammond, IN by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageIndiana Harbor Belt 5627 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The Grand Elk RR working in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

ImageGrand Elk at Kilgore Rd - Portage, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

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Nice stuff CRD! How busy was the CSS? I wanna try to railfan it during spring break…
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As always excellent recap. I especially like the pictures of Harbor Belt and South Shore GP38's.
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David Collins wrote:
Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:10 am
Nice stuff CRD! How busy was the CSS? I wanna try to railfan it during spring break…
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Nice report. As much as I enjoy videos of trains for some reason I like the still photo reports better. Thanks for posting
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Great pics!

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